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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 17, 2023Dade County, Georgia; Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 2:14 AM EST for Dade County, Georgia; Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 3:15 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2023, 2:14 AM EST (07:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2023, 3:15 PM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2023, 5:16 AM EST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dade County, GA, Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Lookout Creek near New England (ENGG1). The gauge peaked at 13.94 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 9:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03568933, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 17, 1:20 AM EST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 1:20 AM EST, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 2:53 PM EST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
253 PM EST Thu Feb 16 2023

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253 PM EST Thu Feb 16 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

A cold front will move through north and central Georgia tonight
through Friday morning, bringing showers and scattered
thunderstorms to the area. A few of these storms could be severe,
primarily in western and northwestern Georgia. The main threats
from any strong to severe storms will be gusty winds, an isolated
tornado, frequent lightning strikes, and periods of heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

A few thunderstorms will still be possible Friday morning as the
frontal system exits the area but they will be isolated.
Otherwise no hazardous weather expected Saturday through
Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 16, 9:11 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 9:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker49 min
Feb 17, 5:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding16 min
Feb 17, 6:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb3 hr
Feb 17, 6:28 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton5 hr
Feb 17, 7:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski22 min
Feb 17, 8:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth7 hr
Feb 17, 1:26 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb and 21 more12 hr
Feb 17, 3:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield40 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2023River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.